France is to further extend a lockdown ordered to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, with President Emmanuel Macron to again address the nation next week.
The confinement order "will be extended" beyond its current limit of 15 April and Macron is expected to address the nation on Monday evening to present the new decisions on the fight against the virus.
Until then, Macron will "speak to a large number of public and private actors - French, European and international - on what is at stake concerning Covid-19", a presidential official told news agency AFP.
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